FIDE rankings
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes rating lists including "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors", "Top 100 Girls", and national rankings based on the average rating of each country's top 10 players and top 10 female players in classical chess. Ratings are calculated using the Elo rating system.
Top players
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
 United States
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 India
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 Russia
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 China
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 Uzbekistan
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 Azerbaijan
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 FIDE
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 Germany
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 England
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 France
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 Hungary
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 Norway
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 Ukraine
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 Serbia
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 Spain
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| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen
|
2840 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2810 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2795 |
| 4 | Vincent Keymer
|
2776 |
| 5 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
2775 |
| 6 | Alireza Firouzja
|
2762 |
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2761 |
| 8 |  Anish Giri
|
2760 |
| 9 | Wei Yi
|
2754 |
| 10 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2754 |
| 11 | Wesley So
|
2753 |
| 12 | Viswanathan Anand
|
2743 |
| 13 | Richárd Rapport
|
2741 |
| 14 | Leinier Domínguez
|
2738 |
| 15 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
|
2734 |
| 16 | Ding Liren
|
2734 |
| 17 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2732 |
| 18 |  Lê Quang Liêm
|
2731 |
| 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2730 |
| 20 | Levon Aronian
|
2729 |
Top women
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| China
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| India
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| Russia
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| United States
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 Poland
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 Georgia
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| Ukraine
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 Kazakhstan
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| France
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| Azerbaijan
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 Armenia
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 Bulgaria
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| Hungary
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| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2613 |
| 2 | Zhu Jiner
|
2579 |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie
|
2569 |
| 4 | Ju Wenjun
|
2565 |
| 5 | Koneru Humpy
|
2535 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2534 |
| 7 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2524 |
| 8 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2518 |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2508 |
| 10 | Polina Shuvalova
|
2502 |
| 11 | Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2497 |
| 12 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2497 |
| 13 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2483 |
| 14 |  Stavroula Tsolakidou
|
2479 |
| 15 | Alina Kashlinskaya
|
2475 |
| 16 | Mariya Muzychuk
|
2475 |
| 17 | Vaishali Rameshbabu
|
2473 |
| 18 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2469 |
| 19 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2466 |
| 20 | Nino Batsiashvili
|
2462 |
Top juniors
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India
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| United States
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| RUS
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| Poland
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| France
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 Turkey
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| China
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| Azerbaijan
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 Iran
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| Norway
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| Spain
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| Ukraine
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| Uzbekistan
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| Other |
Juniors are considered to be players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Praggnanandhaa
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2761 |
| 2 | Gukesh D
|
2754 |
| 3 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2726 |
| 4 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
|
2658 |
| 5 | Volodar Murzin
|
2648 |
| 6 | Ediz Gürel
|
2645 |
| 7 | Pranav V
|
2641 |
| 8 | Raunak Sadhwani
|
2638 |
| 9 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2636 |
| 10 | Aleksey Grebnev
|
2632 |
| 11 | Aydin Suleymanli
|
2628 |
| 12 | Pranesh M
|
2627 |
| 13 | Aditya Mittal
|
2624 |
| 14 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2615 |
| 15 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2611 |
| 16 | Andy Woodward
|
2608 |
| 17 | Christopher Yoo
|
2607 |
| 18 |  Denis Lazavik
|
2605 |
| 19 |  Daniel Dardha
|
2603 |
| 20 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2600 |
Top girls
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India
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| Kazakhstan
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| United States
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| FIDE
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| China
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 Mongolia
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| France
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| Germany
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 Peru
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| Poland
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| Turkey
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| Ukraine
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| Uzbekistan
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| Other |
Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2497 |
| 2 | Song Yuxin
|
2454 |
| 3 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2431 |
| 4 | Anna Shukhman
|
2431 |
| 5 | Alice Lee
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2408 |
| 6 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2403 |
| 7 | Eline Roebers
|
2396 |
| 8 | Rakshitta Ravi
|
2381 |
| 9 | Zsóka Gaál
|
2374 |
| 10 | Xeniya Balabayeva
|
2371 |
| 11 | Alua Nurman
|
2367 |
| 12 | Meruert Kamalidenova
|
2366 |
| 13 | Nadya Toncheva
|
2362 |
| 14 | Zoey Tang
|
2356 |
| 15 | Amina Kairbekova
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2353 |
| 16 | Bat-Erdene Mungunzul
|
2350 |
| 17 | Melika Mohammadi
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2342 |
| 18 | Liya Kurmangaliyeva
|
2339 |
| 18 | Manon Schippke
|
2337 |
| 20 | Savitha Shri Baskar
|
2334 |
Top federations
[edit]Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations in Open were ranked on 1 November 2025 as follows:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
|
2729 |
| 2 | India
|
2717 |
| 3 | China
|
2667 |
| 4 | Russia
|
2651 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2634 |
| 6 | France
|
2629 |
| 7 | Ukraine
|
2626 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan
|
2625 |
| 9 | Spain
|
2616 |
| 10 | Hungary
|
2616 |
| 11 | Netherlands
|
2616 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan
|
2607 |
| 13 | Armenia
|
2602 |
| 14 | Norway
|
2595 |
| 15 | Poland
|
2590 |
| 16 | England
|
2588 |
| 17 |  Israel
|
2570 |
| 18 | Iran
|
2565 |
| 19 | Serbia
|
2562 |
| 20 | Turkey
|
2556 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Top 100 Players December 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Women December 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Juniors December 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Girls December 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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